Modern History of China
by Jiang Tingfu
About This Novel
"Modern History of China" was written in 1938. It is an outline work and the representative work of Mr. Jiang Tingfu, a historian and diplomat of the Republic of China who is known as "the talent of Tai Shigong and the ambition of Zhang Qian". This history book records the evolution and characters of nearly a hundred years from the Opium War to the Revolution of 1911. There is no boring textual research or accumulation of historical materials, but it fully shows the fate of the family and the country and the trend of social development. To sum up, Chiang's history book is an outline in nature, taking China's modernization as its context, and puts forward the view that whether the Chinese can modernize will affect the rise or fall of the country. The historiographic framework and chronological history system constructed by "Modern History of China" once led the trend of modern history research and were highly praised by later researchers. It is called the pioneering work of modern Chinese history research. This book has a special chapter in the appendix, which is helpful for understanding Chiang's profound thoughts on modern history.
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